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Payments

The invoice from three weeks ago: why rental businesses keep chasing money they have already earned

The car is back, the customer was happy, and three weeks later someone on your team is calling him about the invoice anyway. Late payments rarely start with the customer and almost always start in the process: manual invoicing, manual reminders, manual checks on who has paid. This article works out what chasing costs a car rental business, shows why rental in particular is so exposed and describes what automated invoicing means in practice.

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Guide

The hidden cost of "good enough": what a spreadsheet really costs your rental business

A spreadsheet feels safe, but it only shows what someone typed in. Double bookings, late payments and blind spots in availability cost a growing rental business money every week without ever showing up anywhere. This article puts a number on all three leaks and gives you one question to ask your team this week.

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Guide

Six tips for local car rental companies to earn more money

Car rental is a tough market with thin margins, and most rental companies leave easy money on the table. These six tips cover service fees, website integration, online payments, fines, self-service and brokers. Each one adds revenue or removes cost without hiring extra staff.

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Tax & regulation

The pseudo-eindheffing on fossil-fuel cars: what does it mean for the car rental industry?

From 2027, employers will pay a 12% pseudo-eindheffing (Dutch employer levy) on the list price of every fossil-fuel car they make available to employees. Rental cars are included. What does this mean for rental companies and their business customers?

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Payments

Paying via RentVisie – what are the options?

Discover the payment options RentVisie offers: from online payments via Mollie and direct payments with POS to automated SEPA direct debits via Twikey. Fast, secure and always visible straight away in your dashboard.

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Customer communication

Customer satisfaction in car rental: how do you keep your customer truly satisfied?

Optimise your customer experience in car rental with practical tips and insights from the RentVisie whitepaper.

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Technology

Self-service car rental: convenience, expectations and the future of rental without a counter

An expert view on the rise of self-service in the car rental industry. What does it mean for customer expectations, efficiency and mobility businesses?

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Tax & regulation

More or fewer grijze kentekens? (Part 1/2)

The announced abolition of the BPM exemption for vans triggered massive investment in new vehicles in 2024. But due to unexpected policy changes in 2025, demand for grijze kentekens (Dutch commercial-vehicle registrations) has failed to materialise. What started as a smart move is now proving a costly trap for many business owners. In this blog we analyse the four steps of this policy dossier – including the consequences for rental companies and business drivers.

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Technology

Smart car rental: how do you combine real-time and non-real-time?

Discover how to combine real-time and non-real-time car rental intelligently with operational software. You offer customers speed and convenience while keeping control of your rental process.

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Technology

How iFrames improve the car rental experience: efficiency and real-time availability

In this blog you discover how iFrames offer a smart, accessible solution for car rental companies that want to upgrade their website with real-time bookings, customer portals, dynamic pricing and more. Without expensive bespoke solutions, you offer customers convenience, speed and trust — exactly what makes the difference today. Ideal for rental companies that want to professionalise and digitalise.

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Technology

Real-time rental or not? The pros and cons at a glance

This blog is part of a two-part series. In this blog we set out the pros and cons of real-time rental. In our next blog we look at how you can organise your processes optimally by combining the best of both systems.

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Customer communication

Preventing no-shows in car rental with smart software

If you run a rental business, you've undoubtedly experienced it. A customer reserves a vehicle, but doesn't turn up and stops answering their phone. Or worse: the customer does answer and casually tells you they've found something elsewhere.

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